Arizona Green Party
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Arizona Green Party
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| Chairperson | Maritza Broce, Angel Torres |
| Senate leader | None |
| House leader | None |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 60173, Phoenix, AZ 85082 |
| Ideology |
Green politics American Progressivism Social democracy |
| National affiliation | Green Party |
| Colors | Green |
| Seats in the Upper House |
0 / 30
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| Seats in the Lower House |
0 / 60
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| http://www.azgp.org/ | |
| Arizona Green Party presidential primary, March 22, 2016 | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
| Jill Stein | 609 | 79.6% | 5 |
| Kent Mesplay | 139 | 18.2% | 1 |
| Write-in/Blank | 17 | 2.2% | - |
| Total | 765 | 100.00% | |
The Green Party of Arizona (AZPG) is the affiliate of the Green Party in the state of Arizona. It was founded by Carolyn Campbell alongside others in the 1990s. The two current co-chairs of the Arizona Green Party are Maritza Broce and Angel Torres.
The Arizona Green Party is best known for its strong stances on environmental protection, which the party was founded upon. Apart from this, the Arizona Green Party identifies with ten key values: grassroots democracy, social justice, ecological wisdom, non-violence, decentralization, feminism and gender equality, community-based economics, respect for diversity, personal and global responsibility, and future focus and sustainability. Additionally, The Green Party committee openly opposes the militarization of our borders and protests the idea of building a wall between U.S and Mexico, according to the party's official platform committee website. Arizona Green Party stand against free-trade and in support of repealing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Fast Track, and other globalizing trade policies.
In 2016, the Arizona Green Party successfully sued the state of Arizona to ensure their presidential nominee, Jill Stein, was placed on the ballot after the party failed to submit a slate of Presidential electors on time. Jill Stein received a total of 34,345 votes in Arizona, leaving her with 1.3% of the total vote.
In 2008, the Arizona Green Party gathered enough signatures to gain ballot access. The party had worked with Arizona's ballot access laws, achieving ballot access for the 2000 election cycle, then losing it again in 2004. On March 6, 2008 the Arizona deadline for ballot access, the Arizona Green Party submitted 29,300 signatures on its petition for party recognition. The legal requirement is 20,449. On April 9, 2008 the Arizona Secretary of State, Jan Brewer, announced that the Arizona Green Party had enough valid signatures to be recognized as an official political party. On February 10, The national Green Party’s ballot access committee had appropriated $4,000 to assist the Arizona Green Party's petition effort.
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